#ELLE POLAND

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ELLE POLAND

Makeup by Cincior | ART FACES

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Daga Ziober by Marcin Kempski for Elle Poland March 2017

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Zuzanna Bijoch for Elle Poland, June 2015 by Agata Pospieszynska

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Kaia Struss Cover Elle Poland, January 2023

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Title: The Daughter

Rating: Teen and Up

Characters: Omega OFC, Alpha Castiel, Alpha Dean Winchester, Alpha Sam Winchester,

Relationship: Alpha Castiel/Alpha Dean Winchester

Warning: Omegaverse, A/B/O dynamics, Angel/Cosmic entity hybrid OFC, Death/Jane (Spn: Clip Show) had a daughter. Elioud. Cosmic Entity and Nephilim had a kid. Vengeance. Typical Show level violence. The bad guy is actually a good guy but grief is hard. Dean Winchester is Pack Alpha of the Winchester pack.

A/N: It’ll be slowly posted through challenges as I go because I’m half-assingthe plot line. Enjoy.

Written for @ficwip ‘s Picture worth 1000 Words

Castiel looked up into the night sky. He understood in that moment Jimmy’s description of what it’s like to be possessed by an Angel, ‘angel inside of you, it's kinda like being chained to a comet.’

He looked down to the ground to find he had landed in a field of red poppies, having left a large crater in the field. He took a moment to sense his location: Bielsko-Biala, Poland. Well, whoever she was that used the angel banishing sigil must have had bad experiences with angels, or must have been wanted by Heaven at one point.

With Jack as God, Castiel still hasn’t gotten over saying that his son is God now. He knows that no one is wanted, and that the rules for Heaven have dramatically changed. Not that everyone or anyone on Earth would know that, but Castiel was determined to inform them.

He still had a few hours before his wings were no longer paralyzed from the sigil, so he sensed for the closest to humanity. He walked to a road in disrepair when the only truck in miles stopped a few feet in front of him.

The two men exchanged pleasantries in Polish as Castiel got into the truck and put on the seatbelt, then he asked if he could drop him off at the closest pay phone. The man laughed, shaking his head, and offered the Angel his cellphone instead.

Castiel smiled and thanked the man as he worked his “mojo”, as Dean would call it, to phone Dean without making the man pay for an international call.

Meanwhile in the Men of Letters Bunker, Dean stood in front of a tied up woman with flashing red eyes. The Pack Alpha was either angry or horny. The woman kept her eyes down on the floor; showing her vulnerable neck in submission.

Sam was leaning against the doorframe of their “dungeon” watching the two with his arms crossed as well, but he was in control of his Alpha.

Dean felt his phone vibrate in his back pocket. “You better hope that’s him.”

She remained silent, rolling her eyes.

“Hello,” Dean stated into the cellphone.

“It’s me, Cas.”

Dean smiled, brilliantly, and sighed, “Cas.”

“Hello, beloved,” greeted Cas. “I am safe and unhurt, but won’t be able to make it back to you for a few more hours until my wings are of use again.”

Dean turned away and walked out of the dungeon as he asked, “Where are you?”

“Bielsko-Biała, Poland.” Castiel looked out the truck window as the poppy fields passed by. “I believe you’d say something like I am nearly to the Emerald city, being surrounded by poppies.”

Dean grinned and laughed.

Meanwhile, Sam watched her reaction to Dean’s call, and found it interesting. “Why did you separate Dean and Cas?”

Her face slowly splitted into a wicked grin. “To separate them.”

He tilted his head to the side, his hazel eyes remained on her face.

She chuckled. “Oh, if only you knew.”

“Why don’t you tell me?”

She snorted. “Really? You expect me to do the villain monologue?” The omega rolled her eyes and looked at her feet. She wiggled her toes in her shoes, able to see them despite wearing boots. She pursed her lips and started tapping her feet in a rhythmic pattern.

Sam furrowed his brows and frowned. He turned away, allowing the door to close and checked in Dean. He found Dean still chatting with Cas. He walked back toward the dungeon, his guts telling him not to leave her alone.

His guts had been right, because once he arrived he saw she wasn’t there. He busted through the door, looking around to find an empty room. He ran back out to find her sitting on Dean with a Bowie knife to his throat and Dean’s cell to her ear.

“Oh, Castiel. If only you understood.” Even Sam could hear the Alpha growl through the phone. “Allow me to simplify, Seraph. You killed one of the most important beings to me. I’m going to do the same to you.” She paused and glared at Sam. “Don’t bother, Samuel.”

Sam tried to get closer, but found he was trapped by an invisible wall. Dean tried to move only to be pinned down the same time that her eyes glowed an angelic blue-white. She smirked at him and leaned forward, her eyes roaming his face as he attempted to struggle.

“What do you want!?” Yelled Sam.

“Revenge,” she answered back.

“Why?” Asked Castiel from the phone.

“You two killed my parents,” she answered into the phone, her eyes staring into Dean’s green one.

“Who?” Inquired Dean.

“You? You, Dean Winchester, killed my father. You knew him as the Horseman Death.”

Dean’s eyes widened as big as they could. “Death had a kid?”

“You were his favorite human,” she stated. “And you killed him.” She didn’t bother to wait for a reply. “And you, Castiel,” She spoke quietly, “you killed my mother. She was a Nephilim.”

“Jane,” he gasped, finally understanding.

A small smile touched her lips as her eyes dulled. “Yes.”

Everyone remained quiet.

“I—I am so sorry,” Castiel apologized. “I—I—“

“So now I’ve got your mate and his brother. You’re stuck wherever you are, and you’re going to hear your mate die.”

“No-o-o,” screamed Sam and Castiel, nearly in unison.

Sam began trying to backtrack only to find he was trapped between two invisible walls. He started pounding on them, trying something to save his brother.

“Please, please, don’t. I’m begging you.”

She chuffed at the Angel. “You will know my pain.”

Dean’s brow furrowed at her words. “Wouldn’t that be God?”

The disdained glint in her eyes almost made Dean laugh. “Chuck is dead. I killed him. His bitch, Naomi. It was funny when she tried to fight me. She had no idea who I was until it was too late.”

“Take me,” offered Castiel. “I’ll do anything.”

She pursed her lips, contemplating his words. “Mmm, no.”

Ok, so I changed my mind and it won’t be monthly. It’ll just be challenge-based because I can.

Part 2 of The Revenge of a Broken Heart

Read the first one

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Louie Lizaveta by Karolina Limbach for Elle Poland Magazine October 2022

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Dominika Drozdowska - editorial for ELLE Poland, January 2024

Photographer: Mateusz Stankiewicz

source: instagram.com

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Malgosia Bela by Paulina Wesolowska for ELLE Poland

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Chemicards Sketches - Elle Ixer

Her original lore was that she's a chemist that tends to drink her own chemicals and also uses them as a jetpack. Given that the game is about shedding cards, I'm predicting that she might have a unique win condition that might lean on actually collecting cards, but I can't say for sure~

When I originally made these sketches, I actually did a line-up of most of the female characters because the one thing I was kinda worried about for this project was that there wouldn't be a lot of visual diversity in the cast. I don't know Luke (the guy making the game) well enough to say if that would be a "problem" that he'd face, so I did want to conceptualize the characters as being all shapes, sizes, and colors. So, Elle ended up as being the "muscular archetype" among the women.

(the original sketches)

The main "charm point" for her is that her hair is supposed to look like chemical fumes, and I like that for her, but the rest of her outfit isn't really working for me.

The problem is that there's already another character that wears a white lab coat (Dr. Dee Zaster), and he's basically the "face" of the game, so I fear that she's overlapping with him too much. I did make the black suit design to try and help that, but I don't like it very much.

I like her personality though. She's sort of a mix of Yonny and Floofty Fizzlebean in the sense that she's very open about wanting to test her chemicals on others but she's more than willing to be her own guinea pig. On an alignment chart, she leans more chaotic neutral: she was originally working for the government to create new drugs for military use, but her sector's funding got cut, so she took it upon herself to continue her research independently through any means necessary.

My idea is that she has high resistance to dangerous chemicals, but otherwise lacks combat skills. The main reason she's so buff is to counteract negative effects of the chemicals she ingests, but once she built up her tolerances, she still kept bodybuilding as a hobby.

The Poland thing is an in-joke from the streams/server, but it is supposed to show how her hair color is affected by the chemicals she drinks.

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Magdalena Frackowiak by Magdalena Luniewska for Elle Poland - Isabel Marant leather jacket

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ELLE POLSKA

Hair Stylist Michal Pasymowski | ART FACES

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Daga Ziober by Marcin Kempski for Elle Poland March 2017

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Hi maia i just wanted to thank you for genderqueer i found it the other day in my library and translated into my language no less! There isn't a lot of progressive talk about trans issues in Poland and the translation of your book was the first book about nonbinary person in my language that i think i've ever seen. I never thought i would ever get to read it because the shipping prices are so high so i genuinely cried while i saw it on the shelf. I don't know how involved you are in translation process but it was such a well done job and the note the translators wrote at the beginning tought me more about nonbinary culture in my country than i've ever hoped i would get to know. Also I was wondering do you consult with translators what set of pronouns to use in other languages? I imagine it's a hard decision when the gender neutral pronouns don't have a direct counterpart. Sorry for rambling and thank you once again for this amazing book and for sharing your story <3

Thank you so much for this message! I am so glad you were able to find a Polish version! Polish and Czech were some of the very first foreign translations we sold, and I remember being very surprised, but very happy, because it was a few years ago when I was starting to hear about a rising wave of conservative politics in Poland. But a publisher took a chance on it and I'm very grateful <3

Yes, I generally consult on every single translation, for exactly the reason you pointed out: pronouns are different in every language! Some languages already have a widely used gender neutral pronoun set. Some languages have one that's new, but being developed by trans and nonbinary people today (like elle in Spanish). Some languages don't have any gendered pronouns to begin with! Because the English edition contains two different nonbinary pronoun sets (they/them/theirs and e/em/eir) we also have to decide how to distinguish between the two. What I always tell the translation team is: I would rather the translation be useful than faithful. I don't want to try and replicate the English. I want the book to demonstrate a pronoun set that could be practically used in the language it's being read in.

Generally, the publisher hires a professional translator and then often a second person who is trans or nonbinary to read over the translation and to write a forward, such as the Polish edition has. I believe the French edition has a forward as well. The only other language aside from English I can read halfway decently is Spanish, so I am always really glad to hear from someone who has read any of the other versions saying it was well done!

And for anyone else interested in Gender Queer in other languages, currently it has been released in Spanish, Polish, Czech, French, Italian, and Dutch with Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), German, Japanese, and Korean forthcoming.

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Exploring Beautiful Kitchens (Part 2)

Here's another collection of beautiful kitchens that may inspire and even elevate some of us into better cooks!

Another remarkable film that celebrates the art of cooking, savoring delicious food, and bridging differences is 'The Hundred-Foot Journey.'

It tells the story of the Kadam family, who leave India for France to open a restaurant right across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery. Naturally, all sorts of drama unfolds, with a touch of romance thrown in. It's a heartwarming film that will undoubtedly spark your desire to relocate to France, shop for fresh produce in local markets, and craft exquisite meals.

Manish Dayal in 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'

Kitchen in a home in Chelsea (photo via The Modern House)

Mulberry Collection by Smallbone

Kitchen in Attingham Park -an 18th Century estate in Shropshire. (photo by IndigoKashmir).

Kitchen from 'It's Complicated' by Nancy Myers.

Artist in Residence: Kitchen in Claude Monet's Home in Giverny, France (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

Kitchen in Felicja Curyłowa Farmstead Museum, Zalipie, Poland. (photo via Pinterest)

Kitchen in the Manhattan home of John Derian (photo via Architectural Digest)

Old School Simplicity: Kitchen in a home in Jaipur, Rajasthan. (Photo via Elle Decor)

Kitchen in Charlecot Park - A Tudor era built home with a Victorian kitchen in Warwickshire, England (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

An Outdoor Kitchen in a home in Bruges, Belgium. (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

Something Small: Utility Room (or a small Kitchen) in deVOL Kitchen's showroom in Cotes Mill in Leicestershire. (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

Kitchen in the Baroque style mansion, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

Kitchen in half timbered Victoria manor, Wightwick Manor, Staffordshire, England. (Photo by IndigoKashmir)

Dame Helen Mirren in 'The Hundred-Foot Journey.

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Poutine ordonne le déploiement de ses armes nucléaires tactiques après les menaces d’intervention de Macron.

Les Russes réagissent suite aux menaces de Macron de déployer l’armée française en Ukraine.

RT :

La Russie va tester sa capacité à déployer des armes nucléaires tactiques, a annoncé lundi le ministère de la défense. L’exercice aura lieu « dans un avenir proche » et a été ordonné par le président Vladimir Poutine, selon le communiqué. Les forces de missiles du district militaire sud seront directement impliquées dans l’exercice. Il nécessitera également la participation d’avions militaires et de la marine russe, a précisé le ministère. L’objectif de l’exercice est de régler « les aspects pratiques de la préparation et du déploiement d’armes nucléaires non stratégiques« , a ajouté le ministère.

L’armée a invoqué les « déclarations provocatrices et les menaces proférées par certains responsables occidentaux à l’encontre de la Russie » pour justifier cet exercice. Les troupes confirmeront qu’elles peuvent « assurer l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté inconditionnelle » de la nation, a ajouté l’armée. Moscou dispose d’un large éventail d’armes à capacité nucléaire, allant des missiles balistiques intercontinentaux à longue portée aux armes nucléaires tactiques à plus petite portée. Dans le contexte du conflit ukrainien, de hauts responsables russes, dont M. Poutine, ont déclaré que la doctrine nucléaire du pays autorisait l’utilisation de ces armes lorsque l’existence de la nation était en jeu.

La Russie a 10 fois plus d’armes nucléaires tactiques que les USA.  La France n’en a aucune.

La Russie peut frapper les lignes de front avec de telles armes sans que l’OTAN ne puisse riposter symétriquement. En très peu de temps, les unités de l’OTAN déployées seraient détruites.

Medvedev a expliqué la situation sur Twitter.

Le chœur des bâtards irresponsables au sein des élites occidentales qui appellent à l’envoi de troupes dans ce pays inexistant s’élargit. Il comprend désormais des membres du Congrès américain, des membres des administrations française et britannique, ainsi que quelques fous des États baltes et de Pologne. Elles appellent également à l’utilisation active de leurs missiles, précédemment livrées au Banderistan, contre l’ensemble du territoire de la Russie.

Il ne s’agit pas d’une escalade printanière, mais d’un calcul cynique en vue d’obtenir des dividendes politiques. Une sorte de dégradation totale de la classe dirigeante occidentale est en train de se produire. Cette classe ne veut vraiment pas faire de liens logiques entre des points élémentaires. L’envoi de leurs troupes sur le territoire de l’Ukraine signifierait l’engagement direct de leurs pays dans la guerre, et nous devrons y répondre. Et, hélas, pas à l’intérieur des frontières de cette putain d’Ukraine.

Dans ce cas, aucun d’entre eux ne pourra se cacher ni au Capitole, ni à l’Élysée, ni à Downing Street, 10. Ce sera une catastrophe mondiale.

C’est une chose que Kennedy et Khrouchtchev ont réussi à comprendre il y a plus de 60 ans ; et une chose que les crétins infantiles actuels au pouvoir en Occident ne veulent pas comprendre.

C’est pourquoi l’état-major général a entamé aujourd’hui les préparatifs de l’exercice militaire qui comprend des exercices de préparation et d’utilisation d’armes nucléaires non stratégiques.

The choir of irresponsible bastards from among Western elites calling for sending their troops to the nonexistent country is expanding. Now it includes members of US Congress, French and British administration, and some madmen from the Baltic States and Poland. They are also… — Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) May 6, 2024

🔸 « Si l’Ukraine ne peut pas arrêter seule Poutine sans le soutien européen, c’est possible que nous demandions l’envoi de troupes. » – Oleksiy Goncharenko, député ukrainien, sur LCI. pic.twitter.com/j2DDU5OYNM

— (Little) Think Tank (@L_ThinkTank) May 6, 2024

Les provocations de Macron correspondent à un plan apparemment mis au point avec les terroristes de Kiev.

Macron est suffisamment fou pour le faire.

Démocratie Participative

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Magdalena Frackowiak, ELLE Poland. By Magdalena Luniewska. 2013